Chapter 63

The next day, the two of them slept until noon before getting up to eat together. Zhou Xuanqing was not feeling well, and not long after lunch, he fell asleep again in the recliner.

After carefully examining the candy, Tang Mitang went to the pharmacy and made some tonic medicine, deliberately making it sweet, similar to the candy Zhou Xuanqing brought yesterday. He quietly took out Zhou Xuanqing's purse and replaced the candy with the one he made.

I glanced at the candies on the table and reached out to count them with some confusion. Why were there all kinds of candies, and two of each?

Thinking back to today, Zhou Xuanqing didn't rush to eat candy after taking the medicine, let alone take candy from this purse. If she doesn't eat candy, why put so much candy in it?

Tang Mitang couldn't figure it out, and didn't dare to change the candy, so he put it back intact and waited for Zhou Xuanqing to wake up to ask him.

Tang Mitang had just put her purse away and tiptoed out when she saw Zhou Erlan coming in with a group of guards carrying more than ten boxes.

He put it down carefully, not daring to make any noise. He obviously knew that Zhou Xuanqing was sleeping.

Zhou Erlan looked at Tang Midang, took two steps forward, wanting to go into the house to take a look, but then he remembered what Zhou Xuanqing said yesterday, paused slightly, and stopped in front of Tang Midang.

"These are all my savings. I send them to my imperial sister and ask her to deal with them. You...you take good care of my imperial sister...I'm leaving first..." After Zhou Erlan finished speaking, he turned around and left with a lonely look.

Tang Mitang felt sorry for him as he kept looking back. She had to help Zhou Erlan. Otherwise, Zhou Xuanqing would be heartbroken when he recovered his memory and knew what she said about Zhou Erlan.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you..." Before Tang Mitang could finish her words, Zhou Erlan stopped and turned to look at her.

Zhou Erlan's eyes were filled with confusion, yet also a sense of relief. He could still stay a little longer...

Tang Mitang took him to the corner, and he didn't know when he was assimilated by Chang Xi. He liked to run to the corner when he heard something.

Zhou Erlan followed and squatted in the corner with her. The two of them were considered the ceiling of the Great Zhou. They squatted there without any image, which made others speechless.

"The princess only has memories of being thirteen... She must be upset and scared to dream about her brother killing her. Don't worry, she has always cared about you."

"I know."

Uh… you know what you know! Tang Mitang didn’t dare to say this. She glanced at Zhou Erlan and felt that he looked like he deserved a beating. He was speechless. Why should she meddle in other people’s business?

"Okay~ I'm sorry for being too talkative. Goodbye, Your Majesty." After Tang Mitang said this, he stood up and left.

Zhou Erlan looked at her back, then looked at the door of the room, slowly stood up, and left with his hands behind his back.

Of course he wouldn't blame his sister, but did his sister only have memories of herself when she was thirteen?

Suddenly, the image of the cute, silly, and arrogant princess as a child appeared in my mind, with a happy smile on her face.

As soon as I left the princess's mansion, I ran into Han Yuxin, the daughter of the marquis's mansion and the eldest daughter of the marquis's mansion.

She was considered one of the most beautiful women in the imperial city. She stood there in a cloud-like satin skirt decorated with hundreds of butterflies. Her waist was slender and easy to hold. She wore a piece of emerald jade around her waist and held a round fan in her hand. She looked at Zhou Erlan who came out of the princess's mansion, and the joy in her eyes could not be hidden.

"Miss~"

The maidservant next to her saw her mistress staring at her again and couldn't help but grab her sleeve and remind her.

Unexpectedly, the young lady didn't react at all. Instead, she ran over and said to the emperor with a smile, "Why did the emperor leave the palace today?"

"Come and see my royal sister. Why are you out there alone? Did your father let you out?" Zhou Erlan looked at her with a smile on her face.

"No~ Father doesn't care about others." Han Yuxin smiled, her eyes full of Zhou Erlan.

"Alright, I'm busy, so you can have fun." Zhou Erlan said, and was about to leave. Bandits had been rampant these days, and many issues remained unresolved. No one had been chosen to lead the troops to quell the situation. Ever since Lu Zehua withdrew from the court, his position had been filled by Mu Mu. He had to deal with border defense these days, and apart from Lu Zehua, there was no other military officer available.

Han Yuxin didn't dare to stop him, and watched him leave with reluctance. When would the emperor choose a concubine? When could she enter the palace and see him day and night?

"Miss, they've all disappeared, so don't look at them anymore. You can see the emperor again during the Mid-Autumn Festival." The little maid knew what her young lady was thinking and tried to persuade her. In her heart, she also said that the emperor was not interested, as there was no one in the huge harem.

"Yeah." Han Yuxin nodded, and quickly went home to ask her father and think of a solution!

An hour had passed when Zhou Xuanqing woke up again. Looking at the boxes all over the yard, he ran to Tang Mitang irritably and sat down at the table with her, still holding her purse of candy in his hand.

Seeing this, Tang Mitang took out the jar of medicine candy.

"Qingqing, try this, is it delicious?"

Zhou Xuanqing pinched one and put it in his mouth. A faint sweetness spread in his mouth, refreshing but not greasy.

"tasty."

"It's delicious. Why don't you take it with you? Then we won't have to drink bitter medicine anymore."

"Okay~" Zhou Xuanqing took the jar obediently.

"You can replace the candy in your purse with this, it's convenient to carry." Tang Mitang looked at Zhou Xuanqing's hand holding the red purse, which had a white pompom on it. It was very cute, the size of a palm, and could hold a lot of things.

Zhou Xuanqing nodded, poured out the candy, and looking at the candy he had saved, he seemed to remember something and slowly divided it into two parts, giving one to Tang Mitang. He then poured the medicinal candy in the jar into it and put the remaining part into the jar.

Tang Mitang looked at Zhou Xuanqing who was dividing the candy carefully and earnestly. Her crow-feather-like eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her eyes sparkled with starlight, as if she was doing something very important.

"This one is for you, and this one is for my younger brother." Zhou Xuanqing said, shaking the small jar. Then he pointed to a white ball of candy in front of Tang Mitang.

"There's only one candy at that stall, so I'm giving it to you. Don't tell your brother about it~"

Tang Mitang looked at her whispering instructions, and her girlish heart exploded. She couldn't help but touch her head and smooth out her hair that was messed up from sleeping.

"Okay~ I'll eat it quietly~" Tang Mitang smiled happily, his voice as gentle as coaxing a child, just like a human trafficker coaxing a child.

But Zhou Xuanqing bought into it. He nodded in satisfaction after hearing her assurance, then picked up a cup of tea and drank it slowly.